THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2008

COMING FRIDAY

Smallville, Marvel First Looks and more!

SMALLVILLE: "BRIDE"

The CW has released 16 images from "Bride," the Thursday, Nov. 20 episode of Smallville.

Here's how the network describes the episode:

"It's Chloe (Allison Mack) and Jimmy's (Aaron Ashmore) wedding day and the two prepare to walk down the aisle at the Kent farm. Meanwhile, Oliver (Justin Hartley) tells Clark (Tom Welling) he thinks he's discovered where Lex is hiding and takes off to Cuba to confront him. However, when he arrives, Oliver is shocked to find Lana (Kristin Kreuk) instead. Clark and Lois (Erica Durance) grow closer but chaos ensues when Doomsday crashes the wedding and tries to kidnap Chloe."

"Bride" was written by Al Septian and Turi Meyer and was directed by Jeannot Szwarc.

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HEROES: "THE ECLIPSE -- PART II"

NBC has released eight images from "The Eclipse -- Part II," the Monday, Dec. 1 episode of Heroes.

Here's how the network describes the episode:

"The eclipse continues to impact the Heroes' abilities as Elle (Kristen Bell) and Sylar (Zachary Quinto) face off against a vengeful H.R.G. (Jack Coleman) while Claire (Hayden Panettiere) struggles to survive. In Haiti, Peter and Nathan (Milo Ventimiglia and Adrian Pasdar) join forces with the Haitian (Jimmy Jean-Louis) to battle the Haitian's brother, Baron Samedi (guest star Demetrius Grosse), and Nathan comes to a shocking decision. In the meantime, Ando (James Kyson Lee), Sam (guest star Seth Green) and Frack (guest star Breckin Meyer) work hard to get Hiro's (Masi Oka) memory back with the help of the 9th Wonders comic books at a local comic bookstore."

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IMAGE COMICS COLLECTS THE ROBERTS

Following a sell-out of each issue, The Roberts mini-series, by writer Justin Shady (aka Wayne Chinsang) and artist Erik Rose, will be collected in February by Image Comics' Shadowline imprint.

"The Roberts collected edition is going to be a major treat to both the fans of the series and those who have yet to discover it," said Shadowline publisher Jim Valentino. "We've jam-packed the trade with both sold out issues and nearly 50 pages of brand-new extras!"

Here's how Image describes the book:

"The Roberts reveals the final fate of the infamous Zodiac Killer and The Boston Strangler as they live out their last days in The Shady Lane Retirement Center. While they've been able to live their lives anonymously from their fellow retirees, one reveals his long-kept secret to the other and may have no option other than to give in to his instinct to murder. In addition, the fifty pages of extras include Chinsang's never-before-seen personal correspondences with real life serial killers Richard Ramirez and Charles Manson."

The book will be 144 black-and-white pages, will cost $14.99 and will be in stores on Feb. 11.

JANUARY SOLICITATIONS ROUNDUP

For previously posted January solicitations, click on the publishers' names below:

BRIEFLY

* Diamond has released the covers to the upcoming issue of Previews, one of which showcases DC Comics' "Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?" story by Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert, which begins in Batman #686 and concludes in Detective Comics #853.

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* Fox has announced that this will be the final season of MADtv. The 326th -- and final -- episode will air in May.

COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES

If you missed The Continuum's coverage over the past month, here are some links. Click on the date to get the day's full report.